NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

CRS SpX-18

Launch Time
Thu Jul 25, 2019 22:01 UTC

Rocket

Falcon 9 Block 5
Image Credit: SpaceX
SpaceX
Status: Active
Price: $69.75 million
Liftoff Thrust: 7,607 kN
Payload to LEO: 22,800 kg
Payload to GTO: 8,300 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 70.0 m
Fairing Diameter: 5.2 m
Fairing Height: 13.0 m

Vehicles

Landing Zone 1

B1056

Flight #2
83 day turnaround
52nd Falcon recovery attempt
43rd successful Falcon recovery
1st consecutive successful Falcon landing and recovery
NRC Quest

C108

Flight #3
587 day turnaround

Mission Details

CRS SpX-18

SpaceX CRS-18, also known as SpX-18, was a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station. Dragon was berthed to the station for 31 days before it successfully returned to Earth. 2,290kg of cargo were brought to the station. Among the cargo was the docking adapter IDA-3, which was installed on PMA-3 to allow docking of new Commercial Crew and Cargo vehicles.

This was the third flight for this Dragon Capsule which has previously flown on the CRS-6 and CRS-13 missions. Additionally, a small amount of ceramic heat shield tiles were placed on the edge of Dragon’s heat shield to test them for use on SpaceX’s Starship.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 2,312.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

2019

49th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

82nd mission
9th mission of 2019
76th successful mission
48th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

74th mission
7th mission of 2019
71st successful mission
45th consecutive successful mission